Multiple Choice
A slow-growing, acid-fast bacillus provides the following reactions: Which of the following patient history/specimen types was the original source for this organism?
A) Stool from a 44-year-old male with HIV
B) Sputum from an 18-year-old female illegal alien from Mexico
C) Skin lesion from a 39-year-old female who owns a tropical fish store
D) Lymph node from a 4-month-old male after receiving the BCG vaccine
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Q2: The use of multiple drugs to treat
Q3: All of the following statements are true
Q4: The diagnosis of Hansen's disease is made
Q5: A sputum, submitted for AFB culture and
Q6: If a slow-growing, acid-fast bacillus is able
Q7: Mycobacterium fortuitum is classified as a<br>A) photochromogen.<br>B)
Q8: Select the correct organism/unique characteristic.<br>A) Mycobacterium gordonae/cording<br>B)
Q9: To differentiate the species within the Mycobacterium
Q10: Which of the following Mycobacterium spp. is
Q11: Which of the following organisms morphologically resembles